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Anonymous
12 years ago

EA stated that this was not a port and made for PC. Are you convinced?

So far we have:

  • Unable to connect to any multiplayer match outside of Garden OPS
  • Running a FrameRate counter will prevent the game from rendering
  • Running FRAPS will prevent the game from rendering
  • Using a temperature monitor can prevent the game from Starting
  • No text-based chat support (Keyboard?)
  • Unable to use Push-to-talk on voice chat
  • Extraordinary rubberbanding/LAG when playing Garden OPS with another player - fine solo.

So far I am not remotely convinced that this was "made" for PC.  The game seems to be massively broken and flawed.  I know that this was just released, but it is barely functional.  The fact that FRAPS or Framerate counters prevent the game from rendering is just crazy.  If you happen to be running temperature monitoring software, this can prevent your game from ever starting in the first place.  Also, after a bit of testing I am still unable to connect to any game outside of Garden OPS.  I have attempted to disable my Windows Firewall and bypassed the router without success.  In Garden OPS if you happen to connect to a game and play with someone else the rubberbanding is just impossible to deal with.

I was truly looking forward to this, but it seems like a waste.  I know that PC gamers are used to dealing with broken games on launch day, but this is just really bad.  Also, please fix the hot-microphones - it is just insane.  We could really use a Push-To-Talk function in this.

Current Work-Arounds:

  • Disable any frametime/framerate monitoring software
  • Disable any software with hooks into games that might not be obvious (MSI Afterburner, TS3 - overlay, ASUS Game Utilities)
  • Play Garden OPS solo - it seems to work 

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